Deutsche Märchen: Die Schöne Melusine. Ein Cyclus von elf Bildern. Das Märchen von den Sieben Raben und der Treuen Schwester. Ein Cyclus von sechs Bildern. Photographiedruck von Martin Rommel in Stuttgart (German Fairy Tales: The Beautiful Melusine. A Cycle of Eleven Pictures. The Tale of the Seven Ravens and the Faithful Sister. A Cycle of Six Pictures. Photographs by Martin Rommel in Stuttgart)
Stuttgart: Verlag von Paul Neff, 1882. Martin Rommel. Hardcover. Oblong folio. First part with 11 photographs and text plate, second part with separate title page, 6 albumen photographs, and text plate, all resting in gray cloth portfolio with silk-moire folding flaps. Front board richly decorated in gilt, blue, black, and orange, back board with decorative blind-stamped border. Photographic reproductions of the original murals by the 19th centrury painter Moritz von Schwind, two fairy tales which were painted on interior walls of a building that was destroyed in WWII. Photographs of friezes taken by Martin Rommel in Stuttgart. Some light foxing to plates, not affecting images. Binding frayed at corners and along edges. Some fraying to spine. Light scuffing and soiling to cover. Images in very good condition. Overall, book in good condition. g. Item #10019
Price: $750.00